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• The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created

  Hi all, need your help with this one.

  I deleted two snapshots and now I can not start the virtual machine.

  Get the following error:

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.
  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4c483d34-a8c778c4-46a5-001cc460f09e/WEBPDXXXY/WEBPDXXXY_1-000003.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  I tried that link but still did not work KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 1007969

  I can still see the WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000003.vmdk, WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000002.vmdk and WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000001.vmdk when I browse the data store.

  WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000003.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.
  CID = 59fab513
  parentCID = a4a63bd5
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsSparse."
  parentFileNameHint = "WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000002.vmdk".
  # Description of the measure
  RW 157286400 VMFSSPARSE ' WEBPDWEBPDXXXY_1-000003 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000002.vmdk
  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.
  CID = a4a63bd5
  parentCID = 0f8995f3
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsSparse."
  parentFileNameHint = "WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000001.vmdk".
  # Description of the measure
  RW 157286400 VMFSSPARSE ' WEBPDXXXY_1-000002 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  DDB. Deletable = 'true '.
  ddb.longContentID = "ab1b7008e386c884ae920930a4a63bd5".

  WEBPDXXXY_1 - 000001.vmdk

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.
  CID = 0f8995f3
  parentCID = 926f96fa
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsSparse."
  parentFileNameHint = "WEBPDXXXY_1.vmdk".
  # Description of the measure
  RW 157286400 VMFSSPARSE ' WEBPDXXXY_1-000001 - delta.vmdk.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  ddb.longContentID = "0336846d9f849b4b97ad028f0f8995f3".
  DDB. Deletable = 'true '.

  WEBPDXXXY_1.VMDK

  # Disk DescriptorFile
  version = 1
  Encoding = 'UTF-8 '.

  CID = 926f96fa

  parentCID = ffffffff
  isNativeSnapshot = 'no '.
  createType = "vmfsRawDeviceMap."

  # Description of the measure
  RW 209715200 VMFSRDM ' WEBPDXXXY_1 - rdm.vmdk '.

  # The database disk
  #DDB

  ddb.toolsVersion = "8295.
  ddb.adapterType = "free".
  DDB. Geometry.sectors = "63".
  DDB. Geometry.Heads = "255".
  DDB. Geometry.Cylinders = "13054.
  DDB. UUID = "60 00 C2 92 41 62 5 d 8f-10 59 12 60 53 0 to a8 94.
  ddb.longContentID = "b204c5bc523bbc83c01dd3ed926f96fa".
  ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7".
  DDB. Deletable = 'true '.

  Is there a chance to run ls-lisa from the command line (SSH) in the virtual machine folder and provide the output!

  I ask because I'm a little worried about the timestamp of the hard (May 2011). Depending on the size of the files in the snapshot, it seems that the second virtual disk is not really used by the guest operating system and we could come back manually (by editing the .vmx file) on the resized basic disk (100 GB compared to 75 GB for snapshots) without losing important data!

  If you want to revert manually,

  • delete the virtual machine of the inventory
  • backup and then edit the .vmx file (replace "WEBPDMAPPD_1 - 000003.vmdk" with "WEBPDMAPPD_1.vmdk")
  • Move 3 snapshots in a directory temporary sub
  • Add the virtual machine to inventory
  • create a new snapshot to prevent the current hard files to be modified
  • Turn on the virtual machine

  If everything works as expected, you can delete the snapshot files moved and remove the snapshot created in the Snapshot Manager again.

  André

• Instant restore: the virtual disk parent has changed since the child has been created

  Buenos dias,

  A worm if someone is ha sown con este problema y me can echar UN cable.

  Al trabajar con una maquina virtual en local con el disco en un disco external depuradora, to me broken instant crear of the United Nations (por el disco local creo en lo disgrace).

  Al use esta Máquina in casa, arranco perfectly, claro, pero sin los datos del snapshot.

  Hoy al arrancarla in the oficina ha generated a conflict: "the virtual disk parent has changed, since the child was creates," ha detectado what ha modified the virtual machine after ultima grabación del snapshot, no permite arrancarla.

  Could eliminando el solucionarlo snapshot, pero no puedo perder todo lo as he ido generating information.

  Alguna idea?

  Para eso estamos DiegoPS.

  No olvides close the discusion marcandola como respondida.

  Saludos,

• repair broken CID-String > the virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.

  Hello

  We have ESX 3.5 Update2

  During the withdrawal of one of the many snapshots, the process has been crushed and the CID string seems to be corrupted.

  Now the last work of x file - 000006.vmdk cannot start because the file is based on x - 000004.vmdk.

  Now, I get this message:

  Cannot open disk /vmfs/volumes...x-000007.vmdk or one of the Flash disk that it depends on.

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.

  If you provide vmdk small text files, all the vmware.logs, the vmsd file and the vmx file I can look into it

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• "The virtual disk parent has changed..." "after removing a few shots

  Hey!

  I'm using VMWare Workstation and deleted a few shots via the Snapshot Manager. I used a .vhd Image from the Microsoft Site (Windows Server 2003, x 86). VMWare has created a link to this image at the beginning. I was working on this virtual machine for 2 weeks.

  Now, I have deleted 2 snapshots, including the first snapshot. When I try to start all the existing snapshots the error which is entered in the subject line of this discussion. Detailed error explains that his "cannot open disk 0 - 0000004.vmdk or one of the snapshot disks it costs on.» Reason: the virtual disk parent... »

  How can I access any of the existing snapshots in the future? I read that it is necessary to open the virtual disk images and change the CID of this disk image virtual to who should be the one parent. But how do I edit these virtual disk in windows vista? I have no command line tool that extracts only the first 20 lines of a file so that it will be impossible for me to open a vhdk with 600 or 700 MB. Another problem is that (I don't know why) my virtual disks are splitet in so many parts (I said at the beginning that the virtual disk must be a file, but I think splitet VMWare Workstation it because she had to be converted to .vhd (Microsoft) .vhdk... might be?)

  Here's a screenshot of my file of VMWare this virtual machine sorted by type and sorted by size (for a better overview, I think):

  na ja... Falls die Datei ist - wurde neulich, als VirtualPC platte used sharp available?

  Wenn nein - und nur dann!

  ersetz

  disk-0 - 000002.vmdk

  disk-0 - 000004.vmdk

  mit den editierten aus dem Anhang versions.

  Falls from the dir unsicher bist - nach frag!

  Ulli

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• Virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.

  I recently had one of my virtual machines go down and I couldn't connect to access anything whatsoever, so I rode as an extra hard drive to another virtual machine in order to access the data I needed.

  Once I had finished I he took off the other VM and proceeds to the power on the virtual machine, but I got an error of:

  "The virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created." The content of the virtual disk ID parent does not match the ID of parent matching the child content. »

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created. The content of the virtual disk ID parent does not match the ID of parent matching the child content.
  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4e24c6fe-3c2ad61e-a57c-e4115bbbce6c/SNCTrillium/SNCTrillium-000003.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  I read upward through the knowledge base of VMWare on the modified files, but I've never had to do that before and I'm not sure about how to go on this subject as I've never used the vsphere CLI either.

  I am currently using ESXi 5.0.0 with vsphere client 5.0.0. I've attached a screenshot of the error.

  According to the snapshot between SNCTrillium - 000001.vmdk and the basic disk SNCTrillium.vmdk is broken, which means that the basic disk has been changed. I have attached an instant replacement for the SNCTrillium - 000001.vmdk with a fixed string that should allow you to open the virtual machine. However, since I do not know what and how much data has changed on the basic disk, I can't tell you how much data corruption, you will see. So you better take an another snapshot to be temporary once loading hard file attached, in order to ensure the current hard data files cannot be changed.

  André

• Help, please! Snapshot after expand VM, virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created

  OK, here's the situation, (maybe you can find a lot of discussion on this one)

  I have a vmware server running SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. I use as its host vmware ESX 3.0.1.

  I realize that I need to extend the drive because he must have more space disk for the production server. Then I resize the disk using vmkfstools x 90 G TARANTELA - TEST.vmdk. The bad news is, I didn't know that the server has a snapshot on VI client. As you know, the error occurred:

  Failed to open the disc

  "/ vmfs/volumes/4652e777-3eb2a038-8fce-0019bb343796/TARANTELLA-TEST-000007.vmdk" or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created

  Then I remove the snapshot of the VI client and re-save the virtual machine to inventory, but it may yet open the disc unless I edited the .vmx line file:

  scsi0:0. FileName = 'TARANTELA-TEST - 000007.vmdk '.

  TO

  scsi0:0. FileName = ' TARANTELA - TEST.vmdk.

  It runs as the first time I installed the system, but all the important configuration is in 'TARANTELA-TEST - 000007.vmdk' snapshot.

  Someone there the sollution, how can I do my work of snapshot again?

  Kind regards

  Arfal

  In SL32-AP-TARANTELA - TEST2.vmdk

  change

  CID=dc621992
  

  TO

  CID=ce700012
  

  and

  RW 188743680 VMFS "SL32-AP-TARANTELA-TEST2-flat.vmdk"
  

  TO

  RW 31457280 VMFS "SL32-AP-TARANTELA-TEST2-flat.vmdk"
  

  and

  ddb.geometry.cylinders = "11748"
  

  TO

  ddb.geometry.cylinders = "1958"
  

  in SL32-AP-TARANTELA-TEST2 - 000007.vmdk

  change

  RW 188743680 VMFSSPARSE "SL32-AP-TARANTELA-TEST2-000007-delta.vmdk"
  

  TO

  RW 31457280 VMFSSPARSE "SL32-AP-TARANTELA-TEST2-000007-delta.vmdk"
  

  And then you change the changes you have made to the VMX file.

  Try power o the VM - you will get probably mistakes (inside the virtual machine).

  If this works report back (we are not yet made).

• Problem with a VM server: "the virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created.

  Hello!

  I have a problem with a server that does not start.

  We had a virtual machine running on VMWare Infrastructure 3 with two hard drives and an instant backup of them.

  This machine has been removed from the inventory, but when it has been recreated, the secondary hard drive is mentioned for the basic-disk vmdk
  instead of being referenced to the instant vmdk and used for a few days.

  All changes made after the snapshot, were kept in the delta snapshot file, which is not loaded.

  We are with difficult to reference the secondary disk for the snapshot file. We tried to edit the .vmx and hard disk files
  to correct the CID made reference, but when we try to start the virtual machine, we got this error:

  "The virtual disk parent has been changed since the child was created.

  I think it happens because we made a blow-up of a secondary drive a few weeks after the backup snapshot. We spent 30 GB to 50 GB.
  And because it has been referenced and used in another vm.

  *** Log is attached

  Thank you

  Bruno.

  It is a bad sign

  next step in the usual forest is to use "testdisk" since a LiveCD to set the tables MBR and partition - if possible

• Reason: The called function can only be performed on partial strings. Please open the virtual disk parent.

  I have a problem in which a snapshot has become corrupted, so I had followed the instructions through this forum to point her load the file to the correct file.  However, once I restarted the operating system virtual weeks later I now get this error.  I have attached the log.  Any help?  I think that eventually I want to reinstall the boot camp because she does not need to be run in parallel with the mac operating system.

  Check that the basic disk "Windows Vista.vmdk" is not elsewhere on the host before you delete.  Using the following command in a Terminal.

  mdfind "Windows Vista.vmdk"
  

  With regard to the installation of Windows natively in Boot Camp, which is not something Apple VMware so take a look at the Boot Camp Assistant documentation.

  / Applications/utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app

  / Applications/utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation.pdf

• Impossible to extend the drive the called function cannot be performed on the partial channels please open the virtual disk parent

  I can not add disk space for the file mapped to the C: drive.  I read in the discussions that, sometimes, this problem occurs when a snapshot exists.   I don't see any snapshot in the Snapshot Manager, but I see a file in the list of directories.  I've attached a screenshot of my desktop, as well as the list of directories of this virtual machine.  Any ideas?  Thank you!

  OK, in this case turning off the virtual machine and close the tab in VMware Workstation to make sure that the file is not in use (No .lck files or folders). Then copy the file "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmds.bak" to "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmsd" and remove the 3 lines, I scored below. "" Once done, you should be able to see and remove the snapshot in the Snapshot Manager.

  To be sure, I recommend the folder before deleting the backup snapshot.

  . Encoding = "windows-1252".
  snapshot.lastUID = '1 '.
  Snapshot.Current = '1 '.
  Snapshot.MRU0.UID = '1 '.
  snapshot0.UID = '1 '.
  snapshot0. FileName = "Windows Server 2008 R2 x 64 - Snapshot1.vmsn"
  snapshot0. DisplayName = "Snapshot to Clone of Windows Server 2008 R2 x 64"
  snapshot0. Description = "created by the effect of clone."
  snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "304598.
  snapshot0.createTimeLow = "160203992".
  snapshot0.clone0 = "Windows Server 2008 R2 x 64 C:\Users\smith.john\Documents\Virtual Machines\Clone (2) \Clone of Windows Server 2008 R2 x 64 (2) .vmx".
  snapshot0.clone1 = "C:\Users\brick\Documents\Virtual Machines\Clone of Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmx x64\Clone"
  snapshot0.numClones = '2 '.
  snapshot0.numDisks = '1 '.
  snapshot0.Disk0.filename = "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmdk"
  snapshot0.Disk0.node = "scsi0:0". »
  snapshot.numSnapshots = '1 '.

  André

• the virtual disk parent changed

  I just did something really stupid and hope someone here could help me...

  I have a virtual host named dev4, that has a snapshot created a year ago.  It has several virtual disks, one of them is dev4 - 000001.vmdk, who has a parent disk dev4.vmdk.

  Today I come to create a new virtual machine named dev5.   My intention was to disparage dev4 and use dev5 moving forward, so I want all my data in the virtual disks of dev4 is available in dev5.

  Now, it's the stupid part.  I added two dev4 - 000001.vmdk and dev4.vmdk (one at a time) to the new machine virtual (dev5) and mounted to them (I was running Fedora in two virtual machines).    It's really successful, but then I can't repeat this process and dev4 won't boot either.  "I got the error message was.

  Details: Cannot open the disc "C:\Virtual Machines\dev4\dev4-000001.vmdk" or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  Reason: The virtual disk parent has changed since the child was created.

  "

  Apparently the action to add the dev4.vmdk drive to dev5 or mount in dev5 led her to change.  I have a lot of data in dev4 - 000001.vmdk which are not saved.  Is it possible I could get these restored data?  Right now I can not open this vmdk due the above error.    Any help would be much appreciated!

  Sorry Peter - I guess I was kinda hard...

  It's just that in so many cases users who have encountered a problem with the snapshots do themselves more damage by acting in quick.

  Please read my full vmdk-manual so that you are better prepared next time.

  And now - please read this

  http://sanbarrow.com/VMDK-HOWTOs.html#editvmdk

  We will need it then

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• Unable to connect to the virtual disk Service, Virtual Disk Manager Interface not registered

  I installed Windows 7 Ultimate on this laptop as a new installation about six months ago.  Since then, I don't think I ever ran diskmgmt.  Today, I joined a new external hard drive usb, it reported the drivers installed fine, but then the installation bombed at the beginning.  I went to verity, what had happened and has run diskmgmt.msc (as an administrator), but she came back with the message "Unable to connect to the virtual disk Service" and also a small OK msgbox appeared with the title "Virtual Disk Manager" and the "Interface not registered" message

  I disconnected the USB hard drive and tried again diskmgmt, but no change.

  I restarted in safe mode, tried diskmgmt, but no change.

  I ran sfc/scannow, but it has reported that it found no errors.

  I checked that the virtual disk service has been configured as a textbook in services.msc, and event viewer showed that when I ran diskmgmt he started VDS and then stopped VDS.

  I tried again, but still not like before.

  Is there some dll I can't regsrv32?

  Thank you

  Marc

  Hello

  I suggest you to return the items for the following responses from Microsoft, he says same issues with trying the troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-hardware/cant-start-disk-management-unable-to-connect-to/31898500-9d84-4CB5-9ba3-c1f42e3b1ace

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-hardware/problems-with-Vista-after-unplugging-by-external/093f1660-160F-478f-b81a-493e963ffd9a

  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771775.aspx

  Note: it also applies to Windows 7.

  Hope the information is useful.

• NO BOOT DEVICE - PLEASE INSERT the STARTUP DISK AND press a KEY ANY * please help *.

  I have a Compaq CQ-50 that worked very well. It has been upgraded to winows 7 Bonus a year ago. This is the message I get when I press the power button

  NO BOOT DEVICE - PLEASE INSERT THE BOOT DISK AND PRESS ANY KEY

  any help would appreciated more than you know

  Hello

  Have you tried to reinstall the hard drive if yes. Then the drive is bad & who has need of a replacement.

  If your laptop is still under warranty, contact HP and arrange for the disc replaced.

  If you are out of warranty and would like a guide to replacing the hard drive yourself, let me know.

• How can I change the size of the virtual disk by default?

  Hello

  At work, we decided to start to allocate more disk space for new virtual machines that we create. and every time I create a new virtual machine, and I pass by the Configuration, the name and location, storage, reviews of operating system and network options. I get to create a disc of the options and the size of the virtual disk is set to 16 GB by default. and then I would need to change before the new virtual machine to a larger number. I thought to myself whence this 16 GB by default is set and is it possible for me to change this value by default for example 30 GB, so whenever I have create a VM I wouldn't need to change this to 30 GB.

  Thank you for taking the time to read this discussion.

  Best regards

  S.A

  It would be a feature "nice to have", if we could set up by default to different operating systems. However, I am not aware of a way to do it. The only thing you can do in a cluster is to create a VM template and clone the new virtual machines from the model.

  André

• Copy of the virtual disk for use by another virtual machine

  Hi all! How can I copy a virtual disk file to a location for future use by another virtual machine? I tried to just copy the hard, but it did not work for me - the copy is about 1 KB size and I can not add it as a hard drive on another virtual machine. Can someone help me?

  OK, so this client web vSphere that you use, in this case browse datastore doesn't show you the two files.

  Please follow the steps below

  Please go to Cluster & host inventory

  Select your ESXi host

  go to the tab 'Manage'-> settings-> Security-> Service Profile, and then click the button CHANGE

  Start the SSH service.

  If please use WinSCP to connect to your Esxi host and navigate to the folder of the virtual machine as in the screenshot to the suite, I navigated to a folder that is my VM name: Win10A

  and it has a virtual disk, if I want to take the virtual disk of this virtual machine to a different VM, I need to copy the two files that are highlighted.

  the two are to train your virtual disk.

  

  Download these two files and download them to another folder where you second VM resides, then try to tie it with this virtual machine.